Valeriano Weyler, 1st Duke of Rubí

Deceased Person

1838 – 1930

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Who was Valeriano Weyler, 1st Duke of Rubí?

Don Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau, Marquis of Tenerife, Duke of Rubí, Grandee of Spain, was a Spanish general, and Governor General of the Philippines and Cuba. He was famous for his Reconcentración policy, which was the first of the similar acts known today as internment, as used later by the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, and Russia.

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Born
Sep 17, 1838
Palma, Majorca
Nationality
  • Spain
Died
Oct 20, 1930
Madrid

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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